January 23, 2024
Indiana House passes bill to allow development on steeper slopes
The bill's author, Rep. Dave Hall (R-Norman), said restricting developers from building on a slope steeper than 15 percent is unnecessary and prevents Monroe County from building affordable homes.
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2024
Debate begins on raising rural highway speed limits, with resolution unlikely before next year
An Indiana lawmaker kickstarted a debate Tuesday about increasing the speed limit on interstates and highways to 75 miles per hour in rural areas.
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2024
Indiana lawmakers want to streamline licensing requirements during nursing shortage
Indiana needs more nursing school graduates to meet the states current health care needs, but nursing schools say they don't have enough faculty. A House committee passed a bill that would remove the clinical experience requirement for instructors to help meet those needs.
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2024
Bill to eliminate statute of limitations for all Indiana sex crimes likely to change
Sexual violence survivors told lawmakers Tuesday why they should support a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations for all sex crimes.
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2024
Indiana unemployment rate improves in December for first time in months
Indiana's unemployment rate improved in December for the first time in eight months.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
House passes bill to update crimes that bar employment for home health agencies
A bill that updates which crimes would bar individuals from working at a home health agency passed the House Monday. The bill would apply similar criminal background requirements used for long-term care facilities to home health agencies.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
Indiana lawmakers ask for bobcat hunting, trapping season once again
A state Senate bill, SB 241, would establish a hunting and trapping season for bobcats in Indiana by July of next year.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
13th check bill author says he thinks Senate Republicans have 'seen the light'
Nearly 100,000 public pension recipients in Indiana will get an extra month’s worth of benefits this year under a measure unanimously approved by the House Monday.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2024
Local ordinances to ban dog sales at pet stores eliminated under House bill
Local governments would be banned from preventing local pet stores from selling dogs under a bill approved by Republicans in a House committee Monday.
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